
pmid: 23239740
Assessing Creepy Crawlies Arthropods are the most diverse group of terrestrial animal species, yet estimates of the total number of arthropod species have varied widely, especially for tropical forests. Basset et al. (p. 1481 , see the cover) now provide more reliable estimates of total arthropod species richness in a tropical rainforest in Panama. Intensive sampling of a half hectare of forest yielded just over 6000 arthropod species. Scaling up this result to the whole forest suggests that the total species diversity lies between 17,000 and 40,000 species.
580, 570, Tropical Climate, Ecologie, Rain, Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified, Biodiversity, Arthropod diversity, Trees, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Entomologie, Animals, Herbivory, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Arthropods
580, 570, Tropical Climate, Ecologie, Rain, Forestry sciences not elsewhere classified, Biodiversity, Arthropod diversity, Trees, [SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Entomologie, Animals, Herbivory, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Arthropods
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